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How To Change Your Mind

Steven Campbell-Harris tells us how philosophy can change thinking.

Did you know that the Dalai Lama is afraid of caterpillars? Have you heard that the first passport holders had to give written descriptions of themselves instead of photos?

If you are like most people, reading these facts from 1342 QI Facts To Leave You Flabbergasted has changed your mind. Granted, you haven’t had to upturn your worldview and reexamine everything you thought you knew. Nonetheless your perception of passports and of the Dalai Lama ever so slightly altered. We might call this the adaptation model of changing our mind; we reshape our beliefs in the light of new information.

However, we don’t only change our minds in this way.

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